Nicola Ashmore, Megha Rajguru: Remaking Picasso's Guernica as a banner by Goldsmiths UOL

A group of Brighton-based activists and artists are recreating Guernica’s iconic shapes to make a protest banner. It functions as a response to the use of aerial bombardments on civilian populations in recent conflicts. The Remaking Picasso’s Guernica collective has initiated a series of public sewings in libraries, art galleries and meeting halls. The collective consists of individuals representing: Amnesty International Brighton and Hove; Brighton Anti-Fascists; Brighton Voices in Exile; Gatwick Detainee Visitors Group; Migrant English Project; Palestine Solidarity Campaign Brighton and Hove; University of Brighton; and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. This paper looks at the problem of the lone female stitcher, raised by Rozsika Parker in The Subversive Stitch, as well as contemporary debates about art, craft, and activism.